• II . עֵ˜בֶר S 5674, 5676, 5677 TWOT 1556, 1556a GK 6297, 6298, 6299 n.pr.m. Eber
( perhaps eponym of Hebrews , form inferred from עִבְרִי , cf. reff. there ) ;— 1.
‘son’ of Shelaḥ , and ‘grandson’ of Arpachshad Gn 10:24 ( J ) = 1 Ch 1:1 8, Gn
11:14 , 15 ( P ); ‘father’ of Peleg and Joktan 10:25 ( J ; with especially ref. to Joktan v 26 ff ., i.e. to Arabians) = 1 Ch 1:19 ( cf. v 20 ff .), of Peleg specif. Gn 11:16 , 17 ( P ; with especially ref. to Abr. v 26 f .) cf. 1 Ch 1:25 (see v 27 f .); in Gn 10:21 ( J ) Shem is called אֲבִי כָּל־בְּנֵי־עֵבֶר ; Ö Εβερ .— ע׳ Nu 24:24 perhaps ( si vera l. ) belongs not here ( = עִבְרִים Hebrews , Ö Ἐβραίους , so Thes ), but sub
I
.
עֵבֶר
=
the (land) beyond (the river),
||
אַשּׁוּר
, so
Di Kau
2.
a Gadite chief
1 Ch 5:13
,
Ö
Ωβηδ
,
Ö
L
Εβερ
.
3.
Benjamite names:
a.
1 Ch 8:1
2,
Ö
Ωβηδ
,
Ö
L
Αβερ
.
b.
1 Ch 8:22
(
עֵבֶר
van d. H. Gins
b;
עֶבֶד
Baer),
Ö
Ωβδη
,
A
Ωβηδ
,
Ö
L
Αβερ
.
4.
a priest
Ne 12:20
Ö
L
Αβεδ
.
• I . עִבְרִי S 5680, 5681 TWOT 1556b GK 6303, 6304 adj. et n. gent. Hebrew , either a. put into the mouth of foreigners (Egyptian and Philist.), or b. used to distinguish Isr. from foreigners ( = one from beyond, from the other side , i.e. prob. (in Heb. trad.) from beyond the Euphrates ( cf. Jos 24: 2, 3 E), but poss. in fact (if name given in Canaan) from beyond the Jordan; cf. Ges § 2 bSta § 1 b Kö i . 18 ff. We Isr. u. Jüd. Gesch. 7 Kau ‘Eber’ and ‘Hebräer’ in Ri HWB 332, 600 .—On connexion of ע׳ (in wide sense) with Ḫabirû ( TelAm. ) v. Wkl Gesch. Isr. 17 ff.; Sem. Studies in Mem. of Kohut, 605 ff. EMey Aegyptica
[Ebers], 75 cf. Glaser MVG 1897, 255 ff. Kö Exp. Times xi. 238 ; opp. Jastr JBL xi (1892), 118 ff. Say Monuments 188, 333 WMM As. u. Eur. 396 ) ;— ms. ע׳ Gn 39:14 +; fs. עִבְרִיָּה Dt 15:12 Je 34: 9; mpl. עִבְרִים Gn 43:32 +, עִבְרִיִּים Ex 3:1 8; fpl. עִבְרִיֹּת Ex 1:15 + 2 times, -וֹת 1:1 6; word not in P ;— 1. adj. a. אִישׁ עִבְרִי Gn 39:14 cf. v 17 (both J ), 41:12 ( E ). b. אִישׁ עִבְרִי Ex 2:11 cf. v 13 ; 21:2 (all E ), Dt 15:12 Je 34: 9, 14 ; f. Dt 15:12 Je 34: 9. 2. n. a. Ex 1:1 6, 19 ; 2:7
van d. H.
E. van der Hooght
, Heb. text of O.T.
Ginsb
C.D. Gindsburg.
adj.
adjective.
Ri E. Riehm, Handwörterb. d. bibl. Alterth . TelAm. TA, q.v. .
Mem.
Survey of W. Parlestine, Memoirs.
EMey
Eduard Meyer,
Glaser
E. Glaser;
MVG Mittheilungen d. Vorderasiatischen Gesellschaft. Kö E. König.
Jastr Marcus Jastrow, Dict of Targumim, Talmud, etc.; also Morris Jastrow, Jr. Say A. H. Sayce, Higher Criticism and the Monuments.
WMM W. Max Müller, Asien u. Europa .